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02 February, 2006

Betty Botter bought some butter,"But," she said, "the butter's bitter;If I put it in my batterIt will make my batter bitter,Better that I boycott butterThan I make my batter bitter."Though a bit of better butterWould have made her batter betterBetty boycotted the butterSuch a bitter Betty Botter!

I hereby declare boycotting the boycott. What I would like to see, is the Americans, Germans and French.. wait.. they already re-printed it.. all re-print it. I would like to see those boycott-happy ..... (insert favorite word) run around boycotting their products as well.

Have the arab countries and muslims, in expressing their anger at the cartoons, publicised it even more?!

I am a muslim. The only way i found out about the Danish insult was when I read in the paper that the UAE banned Danish products and through other muslim freinds sending me forwarded emails about the Danish insult.

The latter infuriates me the most because they are (unknowingly) just spreading the word - and i am sure this is what the Danish paper or cartoonists want.

We are no longer in the times of "you are responsible for what your tribe does".. The actions of a Danish newspaper are not representative of the Danish Govt or the Danish majority - i hope. I hope though this does not become ground for a terrorist attack!

I think the muslim govts should have shown resilience and just silently opposed whats going on instead of making a big PR hoo haa out of it.

For those of a conpiracy-minded nature, one might wonder why the brouhaha and boycott has suddenly appeared now, over four months after the original cartoons were published. Where has the outrage been for the last four months, I wonder?

Meanwhile, I managed to buy Danish cheese in Spinneys yesterday, despite their name being added to the alleged boycotters. Maybe they realised that a cheesemaker is not responsible for what a private newspaper publishes. You never know, stranger things have happened.

As for the Danes (whale killers) and all the other democratically elected governments who have chosen to team up with Bush the critter in his unlawful invasion against the Iraqi nation; unless they publicly apologize and pay compensations for the war havoc and bring their own criminals to justice, I wish them PR hell in every step of the way.

very funny boycott; I suggest they look into the licensees of the local diary manufacturers! LOL

If my British neighbour called me and my family smelly Pakis would I burn the Union Jack and stop shopping at Marks and Spencer? Of course not. The blame for the offense lies squarely on the individual and the organisation that employs him. Why blame the entire nation. The Allies have just killed thousands of Iraqis and shown disrespect to our holy book yet millions of Arabs still feast on big macs! It all smacks of insecurity and a lack of self esteem in the Arab world. You should have a strong enough faith maturity and confidence in ones culture to withstand insults and criticism. It's time we grew up!

The above entity categorizes whale meat under ‘Fish and fish products!!’; which is one more reason why the Danes were ignoramus enough to join the simian Bush in his madness war:

The reasons I have heard for various countries going to war in Iraq are varied and many. Denmark doing so because they eat whale meat is, I have to say, one that is not only new to me but also one that ranks atop the list of most ridiculously funny.

I wish all cigarettes came from Denmark. Maybe then we would see an end to this disgusting, addictive, harmful and anti islamic habit. Oh but wait that's just too hard. Shame on all the spineless supermarket managers...

If tomorrow the US was once again found guilty of abusing the Koran in Guantanamo would the UAE or Saudi owners of McDonalds suddenly stop selling burgers and give up their franchises? Of course not- because money talks. Why can't supermarket owners let the people decide and enforce their own personal boycott. If people want to stop buying Danish butter to protest against this Danish Insult then let them be free to do so. But unilaterally and insincerely joining a bandwagon (started by the co-op) just to be seen doing the right thing is sheer hypocrisy and an insult to all true believers. Bottom line- this butter ban won't affect profits and keeps the supermarket in the good books of angry consumers.

Muslims of the world be reasonable," wrote Jordanian editor Jihad Momani.

"What brings more prejudice against Islam, these caricatures or pictures of a hostage-taker slashing the throat of his victim in front of the cameras or a suicide bomber who blows himself up during a wedding ceremony in Amman?"

How true. This whole situation is completely perverted. Why don't we see Muslim demonstrating against hostage takers and hijackers, burning flags and symbols of terrorists and fanatics. It seems like our religion has been hijacked by intolerance.

When the Pope was shot in St Peter's square in 1981 by Ali Agca, a Turkish national, did all the catholic nations demand an apology from the Turkish Government or announced a boycott of turkish delight?Instead the Pope met Agca in his cell and publicly forgave the grave offence. Now this is humanity, or forgiveness is not a virtue in other monoeitheist religions?

On the subject of the "Etisalat employee" he/she has posted in SO MANY forums - just changing a word or two to make it relevant. Everywhere from a Hasselblad forum to Slashdot... I'm puzzled. Is this like the immortal alien in D. Adams Hitchikers'... who has made it his mission to insult everybody in the universe?

The Etisalat worker is somehow the only one who had manage to change the comments to the irrelavant side. And who cares if he works in Etisalat? He does not need to mention such things anymore. You only prove on what we 'belive' Etisalat workers are. Stupid.

Raising a hue and cry about this definitely has given it more publicity, but the situation, I think, demanded such a step. Such emotional outbursts can be a real double-edged sword, but what it does do is let people know how seriously an issue is taken by some people. No matter how "liberal" we Muslims become, there is absolutely no way we will ever tolerate vilification or pranks at religious personalities such as Prophets, Scriptures, Angels etc.

It is very sad, and it absolutely angers every Muslim, to see how the Westerners mock Jesus (may God's peace and blessings be upon him) and make fun of him, too. Does freedom of speech curtail basic decency and respect? Surely there are other ways of making your point! Tomorrow we can have nasty expletives being hurled around all in the name of "freedom of speech".

1. Danes are whale killers2. Danes are war criminals3. Danes are as ignoramus enough to deem that a whale is a ‘fish” as to consider Iraq was dangerous

I am Danish and have not heard about the whale killing before.....whereever did you get that idea? Are you sure you are not mixing us up with people from Greenland or Norway??? But the bacon.....that's us!! We kill pigs!! Sure you must be mixing things together!! :)

Oh, and war criminals...waw!! Are we talking Iraq?? Ok, call it what you please. And ignorant??? Yes, maybe we are! Unfortunately we seen to host quite a lot of Muslim extremists in Denmark - people who are not even allowed to enter UAE because of their extreme views. As a Dane I condemn the drawings, I think they are disrespectful, but I do also think that it is disrespectful that the Muslims in my country approves of the freedom of speech when it is for their benefit - statements such as that according to Islam they have the right to rape Danish women, as they are not veiled and no respect should be shown to unveiled women.....so please keep boycutting us. Maybe the consequences will be that we will have to cut down on our social welfare and all the extreme Muslims who don't want to work but just live in Denmark to get the free benefits from the state will have to go back to their homecountry, because we can't afford to provide them with money anymore! Also keep boycutting us, so we will have to cut down on the financial aid we are providing to the people burning our flags and burning our embassies. And.....please remember that our freedom of speech was ok with the muslims after Sept. 11 when cheering in the streets over all the innocent people that were killed! I thought Islam was a very tolerant religion and I was hoping that this tolerance would be shown to the ignorant illustrator of the drawing - but I guess I was wrong!

Pakistan has obviously also gone international with a condemnation of the danes.I suggest Pakistan should look after their earthquake victims or at least stop the honour killings of women or public gang rapes ordered by elderly leaders before they even open their mouth.

"This what happens when semi-developed primates suffer from anencephaly "

Tim NewMan...what are you doing in my country...dont you have a "land" to go to...This is an Islamic issue and non muslims have to "educate" their "white" brains about it before throwing stuff here in the forum..It Shocks me that so many anti arab anti muslims live in Dubai and I see them EVERYDAY.If you dont like it, then what the hell are you doing here.Second...isn't "boycotting" the civil way of making a point? It is offensive, we dont like it, it has to be addressed..and if obycotting works then that is what is going to happen.Defending our religion and our Prohpet is more important to me than what you "westerners who are un happy in our coutnries" think...You should be thankful to live here, I know what its like to live in your countries...

Are'nt we being a little hypocritical here??where was the outcry from the Arab/Muslim world when The beautiful Bamiyan statues of Buddha were made target practice for the Taliban barbarians?

and again.. Islam is a peaceful , strong , loving religion... so why the need to make a mountain of a molehill?? it happened in a far away country, a boycott has been started etc.. all very well.. BUT why the uncontrolled violence??

"It is very sad, and it absolutely angers every Muslim, to see how the Westerners mock Jesus (may God's peace and blessings be upon him) and make fun of him, too..."

Jesus-ridiculing and caricaturisation has been going on in the western (and other democratic countries) press for many decades. Of course, Christians shrug it off (they don't care about their God, do they?). But it is truly heartening to hear you say that it

"...absolutely angers every Muslim..."

Especially because he's a prophet for the Muslims.

It is good that you speak for all Muslims. Because if you hadn't said so, I would never have known that it

"...absolutely angers every Muslim..."

Just my ignorance of course. Simply because I saw no embassies burning, diplomats being recalled, Governments of countries being asked to apologise, beheadings being demanded, flags being burned, trade boycotts being carried out...none of that.

So thanks for pointing that out.

I presume, that for Muslims, different levels of respect and honour are accorded to different prophets. Which I suppose explains the different reactions to the two issues.

You don't see reaction from the Muslim World as you are seeing now because you claim Jesus to be your god, let alone prophet. So if you can't respect your own god, why would you want us to burn your embassies when you have some kind of bone with your god?

You will never see Muslims drawing cartoons of even Hindu gods and mocking their faith. Our religion teaches us to respect others' faiths. In your zest and zeal to become "modern" and "progressive" you all have lost all moral values. And what freedom of speech are you Westerners defending exactly? The same press that dare not utter a word against the Jews and the holocaust? In case you missed CNN today, please see how an Iranian newspaper is going to publish cartoons on the holocause on the 13th of this month. Let's see how much "freedom of speech/press" the West observes then!

The least you can do is not be hypocritical about what you preach. And, again, if you cant defend your own beliefs dont expect us Muslims to do it for you. There is not a Muslim in this World today who can ridicule Jesus (alayhimus salam) and get away with it. That is NOT an understatement!

Well here in Afghanistan there is no butter to boycott. So...locals (who have never seen the cartoon nor could point out Denmark on a map)have been whipped into a frenzy by the mullahs and are busy protesting in the streets. Several have been killed. Wot fun...eh?

Bibles and other non muslim religious material are banned in many muslim countries i.e Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar, yemen etc. A guy went to saudi and his bible was chucked in the wastebin, ditto for someone else with a rosary. People are so hypocritical. But I'm glad coz I'd hate if shawarmas and sheesha were banned !!!